To Demolish: Thinking About Urbanization in China Through a Collaborative Art Project in the Countryside

Volume 11, Number 4, July/August 2012
by Meiqin Wang


Article Description

The massive ongoing process of demolition and reconstruction in China is a subject that has been much discussed. Meiqin Wang discusses the threat of urbanization that is now encroaching upon rural areas and how artists are bringing notice to it. Cheng also examines what she calls “untamed histories,” the reciting of actions and events that are outside of officially sanctioned reports, and how the work of artists can render interpretations of history in unconventional but powerful ways.


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